Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike Johnson wrote: >>> <BIG snip> I have a friend--this is a true story--who, a dozen years ago, researched 135mm lenses thoroughly and bought the AIS Nikkor 135mm f/2, which he had determined after fastidious research to be "the best" (9.6? 9.8? <g>). But the damn thing was such a brick he never took it with him anywhere. Know how many times he used it? Twice. I am not making this up. So he obviously ignored one very important characteristic of the lenses he was evaluating. Do you see what I'm saying? Even in subjective evaluation you can be at cross-purposes with the tester or reviewer. <more snip> <<< Mike, I hope what you've posted here (everyone please read the ENTIRE original post) will put to rest, at least for a few weeks, this endless quibbling over which lens is "best", and open a more meaningful discussion of "which lens is best for my purposes?" Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt